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<p><SPAN class="panel-title"> Ghostwriting -- Literally! What's it Like to Pick Up a Deceased Writer's Pen? -- BayCon 2012 </SPAN> <SPAN class="dateline"> 25.05.2012 16.00h </SPAN></p>
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Ghostwriting
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Shared World
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Setting
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Collaboration
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Many of our favorite authors were in the middle of writing something when they past away. What's it like to pick up a deceased author's pen? Is it more important to create the author's intent, or is it ok to add your own style when you're now the one doing the work.
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_J._Ross">Deborah J. Ross</a> - Deborah</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Sanderson">Brandon Sanderson</a> - Brandon</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Andrew_Murphy">Kevin Andrew Murphy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Paxson">Dianna Paxon</a>
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<p>To get into an established universe, you should be an already established writer.</p>
<p>Is it harder or easier to write in another person's universe? You must learn just like you were doing an historical piece, there are the same kind of limitations. For ghostwriting, you must have sense of the original author's sense of the work.</p>
<p>You must reconcile your voice with that of the original author.</p>
<p>Brandon focused on character voice when he couldn't dupliate Jordan's style. The 'soul' of the character was shown -- what the character <em>could</em> say, not what s/he <em>would</em> say, because each author has hir own style and filters on writing.</p>
<p>If you find a problem,</p>
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<li>Explain it</li>
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<p>But always do what serves the story best if that's possible.</p>
<p>For most of the work in shared universes, you won't own the rights, even to characters.</p>
<p>Does this help or hurt the author? It allows the writer to get recognition, but their own work gets less development. It can also create gaps in the author's own series. For most, few fans are gained by doing work in others' worlds.</p>
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